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These box plots show the number of electoral votes one by democratic and republican presidential candidates for the elections from 1984 through 2012. which statement best compares the spread of the data sets

If t17 = 3 (t5) in an arithmetic progression, find t1 in terms of d.

Amira is painting a rectangular banner 2 1/4 yards wide. the banner will have a blue background. amira has enough paint to cover 1 1/2 square yards of the wall. the school colors are blue and yellow, so amira wants to add yellow rectangles on the left and right sides of the blue rectangle. the yellow rectangles will each be 3/4 yards wide and the same height as the blue rectangle. what will be the total area of the two yellow rectangles?